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4.2. Slavery during antebellum. Our state. As we have learned, South Carolina is a great place for farming. The type of soil, climate, and land supported farming (agriculture). This was a great place for farming rice, cotton, and tobacco.
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4.2 Slavery during antebellum
Our state • As we have learned, South Carolina is a great place for farming. • The type of soil, climate, and land supported farming (agriculture). • This was a great place for farming rice, cotton, and tobacco. • Slavery became an important part of that agricultural system.
After the war • After the Revolutionary War, northern states began to pass laws that would gradually free, or emancipate, slaves. • The south, however, saw things much differently. • They saw slavery as an integral part of their way of life.
The cotton gin • In 1793, Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin. • The cotton gin was a major invention because it made the process of de-seeding the cotton plant much easier and faster. • Now, instead of having slaves de-seed the cotton, they could put more slaves in the fields picking cotton. • More pickers, more cotton = more money!!!!
Cotton • Cotton became increasingly important to the economy of SC. • Plantation owners became even more dependent on slavery. • As a result of the cotton gin, many small farmers began to purchase slaves to keep up with the demand for cotton. • Farms began to move westward and so slavery began to expand (how do you think the North felt about this?)
The downside • Because of all the planting, the fields were deprived of proper nutrients. • Many farmers were unaware of this problem. • They began to see less cotton produced in their fields because of this.
